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that Bros. Leahy and Quigley felt much 

 like we did— in honor preferring one 

 another. Certainly this editor was pleased 

 to see the honors "passed around," and 

 glad to have the privilege of nominating as 

 his worthy successor, Mr. John T. Calvert, 

 who will be a safe holder of the North 

 American's " pocket-book " for 1895. 



Bro. Ernest Root, in a letter we re- 

 ceived Nov. 21, said he was "convalescing 

 slowly but surely." His physician ordered 

 him not to do much office work, and even 

 wanted him to drop everything for awhile, 

 but "Ernest" thought it wasn't necessary, 

 as at the rate he was recovering, in a few 

 days he'd be all right. All of which will be 

 welcome news to his many friends. 



JSitKziiig-s. — In the "National Stock- 

 man and Farmer " for Nov. 15, we find the 

 following from Dr. Miller : 



Prices of honey don't seem to come up in 

 proportion to its scarcity. 



Fifteen to 16 cents seems as high as it 

 reaches in the city markets. 



But then everything's low. 



Bee-keepers are a hopeful lot. 



In spite of the failure most of them have 

 bad this year— some of them for three or 

 four years — you hear them now talking 

 quite cheerfully about the prospects for 

 next year. 



At one time the prospect looked dreary 

 enough in my locality. 



The terrible drouth had killed down the 

 white clover, so it looked dead, root and 

 branch. 



I began to ask myself where there was to 

 be any clover for next year. 



But I was mistaken about the roots being 

 dead. 



The heavy rains that succeeded the 

 drouth brought up the clover all right. 



So I'm going to hope with the rest. 



Here's my report for this year: 



20 lbs. second-class honey at IS'^c $ 2 50 



1,500 lbs. first;class sugar fed 75 00 



Balance $72 50 



Only the balance is on the wrong side. 



And I've charged up nothing for my own 

 time and labor, and that of my assistant. 



For all that Ini hapjjy. 



I've all I can eat and drink, comfortable 

 clothes, and a good Howe ventilator to sit 

 beside, and when 1 go to church 1 can hear 

 just as much of the sermon as those that 

 have made lots of money. 



And died sooner. 



And not had near so much fun. 



Maybe next year will give a rousing crop. 



I think my bees are in good condition for 

 winter. 



Most of them were fed up early. 



Hurrah for next year ! 



Mr. Clias. C. Miller, son of our Dr, 



Miller, gave us a very pleasant call re- 

 cently. He is in the employ of a large 

 pickle company here in Chicago — a rather 

 sour business, but it seems to have just the 

 opposite to a bitter effect on " Charlie." 

 He's a vigorous and promising young man, 

 and ought to make his mark away up high 

 some day. We hope he will. A young 

 man can be such an honor to his parents 

 if he so chooses, and such a help in their 

 declining years. But some times it's pretty 

 hard for us young men to equal our fathers 

 in very many things. But we "second 

 editions " ought to be improvements on the 

 first. It's a question whether we are. 



Mrs. Atcliley's little son, Ives, has 

 been very sick with " la grippe," finally 

 running into a pneumonia fever. Mrs. A. 

 has had to be with him constantly, so that 

 her correspondence and other work had to 

 be neglected. She writes that she is almost 

 worn out. This will account for her de- 

 partment in the "Bee Journal" being 

 rather short lately. We hope Ives may 

 soon be all right again, and his mother 

 rested up and ready for business once more. 



Xlie A. I. Root Co. is the way it will 

 be after Dec. 1. That's all we know about 

 it now— Nov. 24. Next week we may be 

 able to explain the why and the wherefore. 



Sticky Fly-I»aper.— While flies don't 

 bother very much when the temperature 

 hovers around zero, still it will be well to 

 know how to catch flies when they are a 

 nuisance again. Mrs. A. L. Hallenbeck 

 wrote the following for the "Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper," some time ago, telling how 

 she manages to ornament a sheet of paper 

 with a lot of "stuck-up" flies that stick 

 themselves to it in a promiscuous and fairly 

 permanent fashion: 



Take one pint castor-oil : }i pint honey, 

 and l]4 pounds resin. Heat the oil and 

 honey together ; when hot, add the resin; 

 stir till all is dissolved and thoroughly 

 mixed. Spread on paper, and place where 

 flies congregate. It makes no mess, and all 

 flies stick fast. Two sheets of paper may 

 be placed together, and when wanted, 

 pulled apart by warming a little by the fire. 

 It will not dry up for a long time. Enough 

 may be prepared at a time to last all the 

 season. The preparation can be kept in 

 any covered dish, and used when wanted. 



